Ottawa-Gatineau Restaurant News

[phil235]

According to the NCC Twitter, they are reopening with an upgraded patio “this summer”. Not sure when that means.

[SL123]

Chick-Fil-A is opening a second Ottawa location in the fall inside the Rideau Centre




https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/chick-fil-...fall-1.6927080

[DTcrawler]

Phew, I was worried I'd have to go visit Kanata for more than just Sens games!

[rocketphish]

Le Pied de Cochon, a 48-year-old bastion of French bistro fare, is to close June 29
"All the customers are crying. They're saying there's so much stories here."

Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen
Published Jun 22, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 7 minute read

Guy Mervellet reckons he hasn’t taken a vacation in six or seven years. He works six days a week at his restaurant, doing the kind of kitchen work that can be gruelling for chefs half his age. He’s 79 and ready for a well-earned rest.

Mervellet’s last day in the kitchen is finally coming. The French-born chef will retire after Le Pied de Cochon, his venerable bistro in Gatineau’s Hull sector, serves its last dinner on June 29.

“I love working, what I do, but it has become too difficult,” Mervellet says.

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https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...cochon-closing

[rocketphish]

Marc Lepine—one of Ottawa's star chefs—plans to open second restaurant
The chef-owner of Atelier, and two-time winner of the Canadian Culinary Championship, plans new venture called La Petite Sauterelle.

Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen
Published Jun 28, 2024 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 1 minute read

Marc Lepine, the acclaimed chef-owner of Atelier on Rochester Street and two-time winner of the Canadian Culinary Championship, plans to open a second restaurant this year on Somerset Street West.

Lepine’s new venture will be a 20-seat restaurant at 636 Somerset St. W. called La Petite Sauterelle — the little Grasshopper” in English. Its key feature, as announced on Lepine’s social media, will be a year-round, indoor garden.

In his social media posts, Lepine, who is renowned for his cutting-edge modernist cuisine, revealed an enthusiasm for esoteric produce that he grew at an indoor garden he began before the pandemic.

“We grew things like ice plant, Calendula flower, crystal apple cucumbers, dark galaxy tomatoes and cream of Saskatchewan watermelons,” says the post.

In an interview, Lepine said he just got the keys this week to La Petite Sauterelle and he has “whole restaurant to build.” He is aiming to open La Petite Sauterelle later this year.

“Our indoor garden gives us the freedom to grow all the unique foods we want — pungent herbs like papalo, epazote, and huacatay, enchanting flowers like primrose, honeysuckle, and pincushion, and of course warm, vibrant tomatoes that will never see the inside of a fridge,” Lepine said.

“Seasons will be eliminated, it will be constant summer and the menu will showcase that,” he added. The format of the menu and its prices have yet to be determined, he added.

At Atelier, which Lepine opened in the fall of 2008, the chef currently serves a tasting menu of more than 40 items. On this year’s Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list, Atelier ranked 43rd.

Lepine won the Canadian Culinary Championship in 2012 and 2016. He is the only Canadian chef to have won the national event twice. In 2018, Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants named him the country’s most innovative chef.

phum@postmedia.com

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...ite-sauterelle

[McDonald's Racoon]

New Tavern on the Island opening on Bates Island

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c9em1PYMN/

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by McDonald's Racoon

New Tavern on the Island opening on Bates Island

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c9em1PYMN/

Great idea!

[SL123]

Originally Posted by McDonald's Racoon

New Tavern on the Island opening on Bates Island

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c9em1PYMN/

They're popping all over town this summer! they've reopened tavern on the Hill and are opening new locations at Lemay lake as well as Maison Charron-Wright in Jacque Cartier park and now Bates island. They already have Tavern on the Fall and Tavern at the Galleria.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by SL123

They're popping all over town this summer! they've reopened tavern on the Hill and are opening new locations at Lemay lake as well as Maison Charron-Wright in Jacque Cartier park and now Bates island. They already had Tavern on the Fall and Tavern at the Galleria.

If the market could justify it, Strathcona Park would be a nice location. Among many others.

[Harley613]

Bates Island is an epic spot with an epic view for the Tavern concept! I frequent the island, so this is very exciting.

[SL123]

Originally Posted by SL123

They're popping all over town this summer! they've reopened tavern on the Hill and are opening new locations at Lemay lake as well as Maison Charron-Wright in Jacque Cartier park and now Bates island. They already have Tavern on the Fall and Tavern at the Galleria.

The NCC also shared today on their instagram and tagged tavern on the hill to say something is coming at Hog's back soon

[huntclub]

Benny and co in Stittsville on Hazeldean is closing and is turning into a Chipotle. It says it’s opening in October on google.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by huntclub

Benny and co in Stittsville on Hazeldean is closing and is turning into a Chipotle. It says it’s opening in October on google.

The one in Orleans closed at some point maybe in the last year. I think it opened initially just before the pandemic. Their expansion to Ottawa didn't seem to have gone well.

Too think that's why they changed their name (one would assume).

[phil235]

Originally Posted by huntclub

Benny and co in Stittsville on Hazeldean is closing and is turning into a Chipotle. It says it’s opening in October on google.

If only this could have happened before Alex Debrincat left Ottawa due to lack of access to Chipotle.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by phil235

If only this could have happened before Alex Debrincat left Ottawa due to lack of access to Chipotle.

Who knew that's all we needed to attract top talent!